Ancient sources

Moab and Edom

31. Petra in the land of Edom, also Iechtoel, also Rekem, where Amasias defeated Edom in Gemela- (Petra ?)

ORIGINAL TEXTS Gemela regio Idumaeorum, pro qua Aquila et Symmachus interpretantur vallem salis. (Jerome 73:28-29)	ENGLISH TRANSLATION Eusebius, Onomasticon 72:28-29 (ca. 295 A.D.); Jerome 73:28-29 (ca. 390 A.D.) Gemela. Region of Edom. Aquila and Symmachus translate 'valley of salt'.
BIBLICAL BACKGROUND 2 Kings 14:7 Campain of Amaziah against the Edomites 7 He killed ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm; he called it Jokthe-el, which is its name to this day.
BYZANTINE ADMINISTRATIVE LISTS *Hierocles, Synecdemos* 717:8-719:11 (7th cent. A.D.)** Province of Palaestina Tertia, 10 cities under a praeses: Petra, Augustopolis, Arindela, Charachmuba, Areopolis, Zoara, Mampsis, Bitarous, Elusa, Salton. Georgius Cyprius, 1043-1057 (7th cent. A.D.) Province of Palaestina Tertia: Petra, Augustopolis, Arindela, Charachmoba, Areopolis, Mampsis, Elusa, Zoora, Salton, Berosaba (Beersheba), Aila, Pentakomia, Mampsara, Metrokomia, Salton Hieratikon. EPISCOPAL CITY Bishops' list Arius (A.D. 343) Asterius of Arabia (A.D. 343/4, 362) Germanus, semi-arian (A.D. 359) Iason (A.D. 447) John (A.D. 457) Theodore (A.D. 536) Athenogenes (VI-VII cent. A.D.)

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